2019 Ards and North Down Borough Council election

The second election to Ards and North Down Borough Council, part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 2 May 2019, returned 40 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote. The Democratic Unionist Party once again won a plurality of seats.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

The overall turnout was 43.80% with a total of 50,206 valid votes cast. A total of 660 ballots were rejected.

Districts summary

|- class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Green !colspan=2 bgcolor=""| SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Ards Peninsula |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|47.8 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3 |10.6 |1 |10.6 |1 |4.1 |0 |20.7 |1 |2.5 |0 |3.7 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Bangor Central |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|26.1 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |18.3 |1 |17.7 |1 |14.2 |1 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |23.8 |1 |6 |- |align="left"|Bangor East and Donaghadee |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|31.2 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |17.1 |1 |30.1 |2 |9.7 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |11.9 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Bangor West |30.5 |1 |bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|32.5 |bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|2 |17.2 |1 |16.6 |1 |0.0 |0 |1.2 |0 |2.0 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Comber |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|37.9 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |23.2 |1 |21.4 |1 |5.7 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |11.7 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Holywood and Clandeboye |26.6 |1 |bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|38.7 |bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|2 |13.5 |1 |19.2 |1 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |2.1 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Newtownards |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|32.4 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3 |20.0 |2 |14.6 |1 |4.5 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |28.6 |1 |7 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |33.4 |14 |22.2 |10 |17.8 |8 |10.2 |3 |3.2 |1 |0.5 |0 |12.6 |4 |40

District results

Ards Peninsula

2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 2019: 3 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 2014-2019 Change: No change

Bangor Central

2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Greens 2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Greens, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent 2014-2019 Change: Independent gain from UUP

Bangor East and Donaghadee

2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent 2019: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent 2014-2019 Change: UUP gain from Independent, Independent leaves DUP

Bangor West

2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Green 2019: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Green 2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain from DUP

Comber

2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x TUV 2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x TUV 2014-2019 Change: No change

Holywood and Clandeboye

2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Green, 1 x UUP 2019: 2 x Alliance, 1 x Green, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP 2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain from DUP

Newtownards

2014: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent 2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent 2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain from UUP

Changes during the term † Co-options Date co-optedElectoral AreaPartyOutgoingCo-opteeReason11 October 2019Holywood and Clandeboye Rachel WoodsKathryn McNickleWoods was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly.30 January 2020Holywood and Clandeboye Andrew MuirMartin McRandalMuir was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly.11 May 2020Bangor East and Donaghadee Peter MartinJanice MacArthurMartin resigned.19 July 2021Holywood and Clandeboye Stephen DunnePeter JohnsonDunne was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly.12 October 2021Holywood and Clandeboye Kathryn McNickleLauren KendallMcNickle resigned.5 May 2022Newtownards Jimmy MenaghSteven IrvineMenagh died.25 May 2022Newtownards Nick MathisonVicky MooreMathison was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly.25 May 2022Bangor West Connie EganHannah IrwinEgan was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly.22 September 2022Holywood and Clandeboye Lauren KendallRachel WoodsKendall resigned.6 January 2023Comber Deborah GirvanPatricia MorganGirvan resigned.31 March 2023Holywood and Clandeboye Gillian GreervacantGreer resigned but was not replaced before May election.

‡ Changes in affiliation DateElectoral AreaNamePrevious affiliationNew affiliationCircumstance19 Apr 2021Bangor East and DonaghadeeBill Keery Suspended from the DUP following controversial comments about Prince Philip. 2 March 2022Bangor CentralWesley Irvine Resigned from the DUP to support the re-election campaign of independent unionist MLA Alex Easton.4 January 2023Holywood and ClandeboyeCarl McClean Resigned from the UUP following criticisms of the party's candidate selection process. 13 January 2023Holywood and ClandeboyeCarl McClean Joined the DUP following his period as an Independent.8 February 2023ComberStephen Cooper Left the TUV following an allegation of harassment from a female party member.

– Suspensions Colin Kennedy (DUP) was suspended from the council for six weeks from Friday 18 June 2021.

Last update 8 February 2023.

Current composition: see Ards and North Down Borough Council.

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